I’m Building my Vanity!

I’ve been whining about needing a vanity for a while now…but I’ve been just a little bit indecisive. I have a board on Pinterest where I’ve pinned a few desks that look similar to what I have in mind for my bedroom as far as style is concerned.

I was bouncing between a parsons desk,

something with an x-leg,

or even some type of mix between the two.

Ana White has plans for a version of each, but I settled on the x-leg.

I did a partially assembled dry run with the desk in the space, and I have to say I’m very pleased.

I haven’t decided whether or not I want to add the drawer, but for now, I’m planning on leaving it off.

My mom is still at my house visiting. She was impressed, and I felt good. Please excuse the sloppiness, it’ll be more polished once I go in and do the editing, paint, and actually put it together properly.

I’m trying to get things in order so that I start the new year off on the right foot.

So far, I am on a roll.

I hope that you have a wonderful new year, and that you end 2011 on a high note.

Talk to you in the next one!

wardrobe makeover

I finished my son’s bookshelf/chest of drawers/tv stand thingy that used to belong to my little brother, but doesn’t anymore since he is a college man and has college man furniture quite a while ago, but I never did a proper post.

I love this thing because it’s so sturdy and holds loads of stuff. But this thing is at least 10 years old, and was in need of a little facelift. 

So, I cleaned it up, painted it with Foggy Coast 131-3 by Mythic Paint, 

and used black chalkboard paint by RustOleum on the cabinet and drawer faces. 

I also added a couple of hooks but took one down because it needed to be moved over a bit.

And now it looks like this:

I haven’t decided what to do with the big open square in the back. My brother had a huge TV that occupied the entire space, but I don’t think I want a TV in this room.

I thought about making a memo board, a bit like this one, or even just adding a piece of plywood, and building shelves for more storage…but for now, it shall remain open. If you have any thoughts or suggestions I’d love to hear. What would you do with the space?

Talk to you in the next one!

Fjellse turned storage bed?

I am an amateur DIYer.

My first few projects were built with simple tools mainly because I was terrified to use my circular saw. ..but whatever, they were practice projects just to get my feel wet.

I used a jigsaw to make the cuts for my son's toy box, and to cut the backing for his bed. I even used it to cut a few pieces for the underside of the dining room table.

Anyway, as a result of my lackluster cutting ability, and a few mistakes I should have corrected  immediately,

the profile of the bed annoys me would be better if it weren’t visible.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve begun to compile a list of build projects for the next few months.  And when I saw this pretty, but massive bed, I

thought this might be the solution. Not buying the bed, but adding more storage to to the current one.

I think for the space we have, this may be too big, but something  more along the lines of this one

or even some type of combination of the two would be great. In a kid’s room, the more spaces they have to stuff stuff the better.

Or maybe not.

This looks a bit like overkill to me…but then again, I guess everyone’s needs are different.

Talk to you in the next one!